After my last world update, my "TV" machine seems to slow to a crawl and partially freeze. This has so far happened after playing Pandora via Firefox and using VLC, each after approximately 45 minutes. Is there something that could cause both of these issues?

I noticed that smplayer2 was consistently failing to play anything. I noticed that mplayer2 was upgraded, so either the upgraded version is buggy or simply does not play well with my installed version of smplayer2. Downgrading mplayer2 allowed me to use smplayer2 to play some early Dr. Who episodes with no crashes, but I don't think that means anything for VLC or using Pandora in Firefox._________________Gentoo Studio: http://gentoostudio.org
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